Michel St. Cyr Jr. (1836 - 1898)

Born 1836 in Wisconsin Territory, United States

Died 1898 in St. Clair, Blue Earth, Minnesota, United States

Michel St. Cyr Jr. was a Native American and member of the Ho-Chunk tribe.

Biography

Michel St. Cyr Sr., in a deposition given in 1839, says, "That he was married about six years ago and has two Children, the oldest aged about 3 years, named Michael and the other named Augustus aged about one year. That both said boys are smart active children and residing with deponent." (Waggoner, 39a)

Children

In the 1886 census, the following children were listed:

Julia (b. 1866)

Annie (b. 1868)

Minnie (b. 1870)

Louis (b. 1875)

Lilly (b. 1884)

Death

Jipson (258) says that he died in St. Claire, Minnesota in 1898.

Sources

• Linda M. Waggoner (ed.), “Neither White Men Nor Indians: Affidavits from the Winnebago Mixed-blood Claim Commissions, Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin, 1838-1839” (Roseville, Minnesota: Park Genealogical Books, 2002). Extracted from Territorial Papers of the United States, Wisconsin, 1836-1848. M236. “Special Files of the Office of Indian Affairs,” 1836-46. “Special File 161” (Roll 41). “Special File 190” (Roll 42). National Archives, Washington D.C., Documents on Microfilm, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (Record Group 75).
• Long Prairie, Wahnahta County, Minnesota Territorial Census, 1 Sept. 1850. Minnesota State Population Census Schedules, 1865-1905. St. Paul, MN, USA: Minnesota Historical Society, 1977. Microfilm. Reels 1-47 and 107-164.
• Norton William Jipson, Story of the Winnebagoes (Chicago: The Chicago Historical Society, 1923). This is an unpublished typescript.
• 1857 Territorial Census. Minnesota Historical Society. Minnesota State Population Census Schedules, 1865-1905. St. Paul, MN, USA: Minnesota Historical Society, 1977. Microfilm. Reels 1-47 and 107-164.

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